ἀεί
aei
ever, always
Appears 1,256 times across Aristotle's works.
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Physics 230 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Book III 24 ▸
Book IV 40 ▸
Chapter 1 208a27–209a30Book V 6 ▸
Book VI 33 ▸
Chapter 3 233b33–234b9Chapter 8 238b23–239b4Book VIII 97 ▸
Chapter 1 250b11–252b6Chapter 3 253a22–254b6Chapter 6 258b10–260a19 -
Metaphysics 133 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 7 ▸
Book α 7 ▸
Book Γ 9 ▸
Book Δ 6 ▸
Book Ε 15 ▸
Book Ζ 11 ▸
Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23Chapter 8 1033a24–1034a8Chapter 9 1034a9–1034b19Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Chapter 15 1039b20–1040b4Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1045a7–1045b23Book Θ 14 ▸
Book Ι 8 ▸
Book Κ 16 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11Chapter 7 1063b36–1064b14Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14Book Λ 22 ▸
Book Μ 5 ▸
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On the Heavens 107 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 56 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Chapter 8 276a18–277b26Chapter 9 277b27–279b3Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 21 ▸
Chapter 5 287b22–288a12Chapter 8 289b1–290b11Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Book III 10 ▸
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Meteorology 87 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 6 342b25–344a4Chapter 9 346b16–347a12Book II 37 ▸
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26Book III 17 ▸
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History of Animals 68 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Book III 5 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 10 ▸
Book VIII 11 ▸
Book IX 23 ▸
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 8 613b6–614a33Chapter 15 616a35–616b11Chapter 18 616b33–617a10Chapter 22 617a28–617b5Chapter 23 617b6–15Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 37 620b10–622b18Chapter 38 622b19–26Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 41 627b23–628b31Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 48 631a8–631b4Chapter 50 631b19–633b8 -
Rhetoric 61 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 20 ▸
Chapter 1 1354a1–1355b24Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20Book II 27 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Book III 14 ▸
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39 -
Topics 54 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 103b20–104a2Book II 6 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 2 117a5–118a26Book IV 7 ▸
Book V 27 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 153a6–154a11 -
Generation of Animals 49 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 46 ▸
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Politics 46 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 7 ▸
Book III 6 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1337a11–32 -
Posterior Analytics 44 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 30 ▸
Chapter 2 71b9–72b4Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 11 77a5–35Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 16 79b23–80b16Chapter 25 86a31–86b39Chapter 31 87b28–88a17Chapter 34 89b10–20 -
Prior Analytics 44 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 32 ▸
Chapter 3 25a27–25b25Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 14 32b38–33b24Chapter 22 40a4–40b16Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 27 43a20–43b38Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 34 47b40–48a28Chapter 39 49b3–9Chapter 46 51b5–52b34 -
Nicomachean Ethics 43 ▸
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De Anima 28 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 26 ▸
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Mechanica 22 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 4 850a30–850b9Chapter 5 850b10–27Chapter 20 853b25–854a15Chapter 23 854b16–855a27Chapter 25 856a39–857a4Chapter 26 857a5–21 -
Parts of Animals 20 ▸
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De Interpretatione 18 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 15 ▸
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Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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On Memory 3 ▸
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De Audibilibus 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
Open De Lineis Insecabilibus ›Chapter 1 968a1–972b33
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀεί, Adv. A. ever, always, Hom., etc.; with other specifications of time, ἐμμενὲς αἰεί Od. 21.69; συνεχὲς αἰ. 9.74; ἀ. καθʼ ἡμέραν, καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀ., ἀ. καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν, ἀ. κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν, ἀ. διὰ βίου, etc., Pl. Phd. 75d, etc.; ἀ. πανταχοῦ D. 21.197, cf. Ar. Eq. 568; διὰ παντὸς ἀ. Pax 397; ἐνδελεχῶς ἀ. Men. 521; δεῦρʼ ἀεί until now, E. Or. 1663, Pl. Lg. 811c; αἰεί κοτε, ποτε from of old, Hdt. 1.58, Th. 6.82; αἰ. δήποτε 1.13; cf. εἰσαεί:—with the Art., ὁ ἀ. χρόνος eternity, Hdt. 1.54, Pl. Phd. 103e, etc.; οἱ ἀ. ὄντες the immortals, X. Cyr. 1.6.46, etc.:—but ὁ αἰ. βασιλεύων the king for the time being, Hdt. 2.98; οἱ ἀ. δικάζοντες D. 21.223; ὁ αἰ. ἐντὸς γιγνόμενος every one as he got inside, Th. 4.68; τὸν ἀ. προστυχόντα D. 21.131; τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι to their descendants for ever, Hdt. 1.105, cf. 3.83, etc.; in A. Pr. 937, θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντʼ ἀ., ἀεί is postponed metri gr.—Dialectic forms (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.497, Et.Gud.z): 1. αἰεί, Ep., Ion., Poet., and Early Att. (cf. Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 52); found (beside ἀεί) in Att. Inscrr. to 361 B.C. 2. ἀεί [ᾰ three times in Hom., ᾱ/ᾰ Att.] normal in Att. Inscrr. from 361 B.C. 3. αἰέν, Il. 1.290, al. (ἆεν is v.l. in Il. 11.827), Pi. N. 6.3, Sophr. 90, A. Pr. 428, Ag. 891, S. Aj. 682. 4. Dor. αἰές, Ar. Lys. 1266, BionFr. 1.1; also ἀές, Tab.Heracl. 1.134. 5. Aeol. αἶι( ν), ἄιν, Hdn.Gr.l.c.; cf.IG 9(2).461 (ἄϊν, Thess.), SIG 58 (Milet.), and v. ἀϊπάρθενος, ἀείδασμος. 6. αἰέ, Hdn.Gr.l.c. 7. ἀέ, Pi. P. 9.88, Pisand. 11 (ᾰἐ); cf. ἀέ-ναος. 8. Boeot. ἠί, Hdn. Gr.l.c. 9. Tarent. αἰή, ibid. II. τὸ ἀ. eternity, τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόν Procl. Inst. 198. The statement of Harp. that ἀεί = ἕως in Att. is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμον Th. 1.18. (αἰϝεί Epigr.Gr. 742, GDI 60.31 (Cypr.), IG 9(1).334.4 (Locr.), cf. Lat. aevum.)
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